Kiefer Sutherland is still on the hook for possible charges after his alleged Uber driver assault case was sent back to the LAPD for further investigation by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, a source confirmed to The California Post on Monday.
Sutherland was arrested Jan. 14 after allegedly threatening an Uber driver who refused to pull over and let him out, TMZ reported.
Sutherland, 59, told cops he called for an Uber Black after having dinner with a friend on the evening of Jan. 11 and asked the driver to take him home.
At some point during the ride, Sutherland asked the driver to pull over and let him out, according to the driver. Sutherland then threatened to kill him if he didn’t pull over.
The driver then called 911 around 12:15 a.m. and told police he was assaulted by Sutherland near Sunset Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue.
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Cops then determined Sutherland had physically assaulted and made criminal threats toward the driver.
He was arrested on felony charges of making a criminal threat and released on $50,000 bail.
